Ipswich Thistle Pipe Band Inc., established in 1909, fosters and encourages the art of playing bagpipes and drums.

Ipswich Thistle Pipe Band have recently been upgraded to Grade 3. We are a very hard working, and well traveled Band, having recently returned triumphantly from our 3rd trip to New Zealand. We won the 2005 South Pacific and New Zealand Pipe Band Grade Championships in Invercargill. We also hosted the Award winning Ipswich International Tattoo - Live on Stage, where we played to 3 sell-out audiences. -